Amazon.com description: Product Description: The English Literature and Composition exam tests both your writing ability and knowledge of literature. This is done through the two parts of the test: multiple-choice questions and essays. The multiple choice section consists of approximately 50-60 questions. The exact number varies from year to year. The questions consist of four passages from literature, including both poetry and prose. The works will be drawn from different literary periods. You will be expected to be familiar with such literary terms as connotation, denotations, metaphor, simile, irony, syntax, and tone. You will be expected ot understand the theme or main idea of the work of literature you are analyzing. You will have one hour to complete this section. The essay section contains three questions; A poem or pair of poems to analyze; A close reading of a prose passage, this might be part of a novel, an essay, or a short story; An open-ended literary response question. A list of suggested literary texts is provided but you will be free to choose any well-respected work of literature that applies to the specific question. You will have two hours to complete all three essays. This book will help you: